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pictures of aircraft mounting stands. These a 1/2400 but I think they would work fine with 1/285 aircraft with some minor adjustments

http://s436.photobucket.com/albums/qq89 ... planes.jpg

Terry:

You can link your pictures from photobucket directly into your postings quite easily. Try hitting the "reply" button to see how I've done it here:



There is also a sticky thread at the top of the forum menu which describes how it's done.

Nice stuff BTW. I am very impressed by folks who can paint details on their planes (or even their ships) at Micronaught scales. And here I get all huffed up about my abiloity to paint something on a tank!

Are you are using nylon monofilliment cord of some form for the risers on the stands, or stiff styrene plastic? In 1/285th you'll need something with some structural integrety like styrene or perhaps metal.


For my aircraft stands I use disposable rotary-drill sanding disks I find for $.15 each at the auto-parts store. I drill a tiny hole and put a stiff wire into them, then flock them. The sanding surface gives them a pretty firm grip on my gaming table.

I searched everywhere for risers that wern't too heavy looking. nealy gave up. What I settled on was cheap clear plastic forks. You can only use the two center tangs because the outside ones have a wierd taper to them. They are plenty strong enough to support the larger 1/285 planes as long as the base is big enough or heavy enough to keep them from tipping.. Thanks for the photo tip. I'll work on it

I would like to find a source of cheap telescoping antennas (aerial) for use with my aircraft. I really do not want to see the aircraft and even helicopters at below NOE on the table
Besides, using telescoping sections I can also portray altitude, so in a ten-section antenna there can be ten altitudes, lowest being NOE. Does anyone know a car accessories discount clearance place?

barclay

i got some a few years ago for 1/72nd aircraft at one of the electrical supply stores in york street behind the qvb

richard

Terry,

For your 1/2400th aircraft, try really cheap heavy duty fishing line. You can get a lifetime supply for $1.99 at Walmart:



The heavy duty stuff stands up on it's own, and can even support big aircraft like this Sunderland shown above.

Chris

rct75001 wrote:barclay

i got some a few years ago for 1/72nd aircraft at one of the electrical supply stores in york street behind the qvb

richard

Thanks Richard, I know the stores you mean next to Napoleons. I'll give them a call.

Chris,

I like the idea of using the thick fishing line. Might try that.

Up till now I've used clear plastic bases made for a certain brand of fantasy wargame figures. They're cheap, available and look OK. Difficult to alter heights though.

eg:


I use homemade magnetic counters to show height and speed, as shown here of a game at my local club using my planes and IanH's terrain map as posted on my friend IanH's website:


IanH uses a homemade stand that allows the plane to be banked by using thin wire from the plane to insert into a thin brass tube. Works most of the time but the planes can end up falling upside-down. Example of Ian's stands at:


Battler

I got the telescopic antennas I use for my 20mm Vietnam helicopters at my local hobbyshop, who also sell R/C stuff. In my experience the telescopic antennas used for the smaller R/C stuff are shorter and thinner than most antennas used in regular electronics like radios.

At least I assume that shorter and thinner is what you want in 1/285th.

The big issue in aircraft stands is the ability to show variation of altitude for the figure. There are as I figure 11 altitudes, although sea-level attacks are not used even by naval fixed wing aircraft, and only used by rescue helicopters (necessarily). For those interested, sea-level at 15m is lower than ground level flight of 30m from which helicopters fly over land (open terrain), there being three different ground levels. What this means is that a ten-segment telescoping stand is required for those pedantic enough to know that the aircraft they are flying are out of the range of the 29,000ft range of the 88mm, or the SAM umbrella of your WarPac forces is still functioning at all levels.

Hence the need for antennae....